The world’s oceans will likely lose about one-sixth of their fish and other creatures within 100 years if climate change continues on its current path. These are the findings of a wide-reaching, computer-based study by an international team of marine biologists. Every degree Celsius that the world’s oceans warm, their biomass, or the total weight of all the marine animal life, is expected to drop five percent, the study also found. The study predicts that if there is no change in the rate of worldwide greenhouse gas production, there will be a 17-percent loss of biomass by the year 2100. But, if the world reduces carbon pollution, biomass losses could be limited to only about 5 percent. William Cheung is a marine ecologist at the University of British Columbia in Canada. He co-wrote the study, and told the Associated Press, “There are already changes that have been observed.” Warming temperatures are the biggest issue, Cheung said.
Title: Scientists Say Ocean Warming May Greatly Reduce Sea Life
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international team of marine biologists.</span> <span data-start-time='24479' data-end-time='40563'>Every degree Celsius that the world’s oceans warm, their biomass, or the total weight of all the marine animal life, is expected to drop five percent, the study also found.</span> <span data-start-time='40563' data-end-time='55396'>The study predicts that if there is no change in the rate of worldwide greenhouse gas production, there will be a 17-percent loss of biomass by the year 2100.</span> <span data-start-time='55396' data-end-time='65625'>But, if the world reduces carbon pollution, biomass losses could be limited to only about 5 percent.</span> <span data-start-time='65625' data-end-time='73667'>William Cheung is a marine ecologist at the University of British Columbia in Canada.</span> <span data-start-time='73667' data-end-time='82271'>He co-wrote the study, and told the Associated Press, “There are already changes that have been observed.”</span> <span data-start-time='82271' 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